AP Language Terms 1-20 Flashcards

7329092176	Absolute	a group of words that modifies an independent clause as a whole without a conjunction; highest degree	0
7329092177	Adage	a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth	1
7329092178	Ad Hominem Argument	appeals to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason. It relies on personal attacks rather than reason or substance.	2
7329092179	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one	3
7329092180	Allusion	a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance	4
7329092181	Analogy	a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification	5
7329092182	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	6
7329092183	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting personal story about a real incident or person	7
7329092184	Antecedent	word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word	8
7329092185	Antithesis	a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallel structure	9
7329092186	Aphorism	a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner	10
7329092187	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing	11
7329092188	Argument	main statement or position of a poem, essay, short story, or novel	12
7329092189	Asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence in order to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning	13
7329092190	Bathos	an effect of anti-climax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous	14
7329092191	Chiasmus	words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order in a modified form	15
7329092192	Cliche	a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought	16
7329092193	Colloquialism	a word or phrase that is informal and typically used in ordinary or familiar conversation	17
7329092194	Conceit	a metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way, which usually becomes an extended metaphor	18
7329092195	Concrete Detail	facts, data, and specific knowledge offered to explain or justify a position	19